Sam Laing serves as an elder and evangelist in the South Florida Church of Christ. He and his wife, Geri, have four adult children and ten grandchildren. The Laings have coauthored five books on family, the most recents being The Essential 8 Principles of a Strong Family, and Sam's Hot and Holy: The Five Senses of Romantic Love. They maintain a busy schedule traveling in the U.S. and abroad, ministering to churches and conducting seminars on marriage, family and spiritual life.